Carpet-cleaner



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1.

F. H. GOOD.

CARPET CLEANER.

No. 600,525. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

WITNESSES RTTORNEYSI (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. P. H. GOOD.

CARPET CLEANER.

No. 600,525. Patented Mar. 15, 1898.

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PATENT CARPET-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,525, dated March15, 1898.

Application filed June 17, 1897.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a carpet-beatin g machineembodying my invention, showing the housingthereof in section. Fig. 2represents an end elevation thereof with a portion of the casing brokenaway and with the flooring upon which the machine rests shown insection. Figs; 3 and 4 represent perspective views of beater-s andcovering employed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the housing for the machine, thesame having an opening therein which is provided with a door or cover B,so that access may be had to the interior of the same.

0 designates a shaft which is supported by a standard D and upon whichare the loose and fixed pulleys E and F, and mounted on said shaft arethe cams G and H.

J and K designate shafts which are suitably mounted in said housing andare supported in cars L, attached to a beam M of the housing, the bar orrod N, said shafts J and K being supported in substantially the sameplane and having a small distance therebetween.

Mounted on the shaft K is a cam P, which is adapted to contact with thecam G when the latter is operated, and each of the shafts J and K isprovided with the partly-toothed gelars Q and R, whose teeth mesh witheach 0t er.

S designates clips which are adj ustably secured on the shaft J, asimilar set of clips and which is further strengthened by Serial No.641,142. (No model.)

K, it being noticed that the heaters on one frame alternate with thoseon the other, and in Fig. 1 for convenience I have shown the heaters Vas broken away to indicate that they are secured to another frame thanT.

W designates torsional springs, one end of each of which is secured to afixed point and the other end is secured to a collar A, which isadjustably mounted on the shaft J and is provided with openings B forthe insertion of a tool in order to adjust the same, it being rememberedthat the shaft K is provided with similar springs and collars.

C designates a lever which is suitably mounted and has secured theretothe bar D, which may be of any length, and is provided with a pawl E,which is adapted to engage the teeth on a ratchet F, the latter beingsupported on the standard G, one end of said lever 0 being adapted to beengaged by the cam H, and has a pin H to limit the movement thereof, aspring J, secured to said bar D, being adapted to return the parts tothe proper position.

The ratchet F is mounted on a shaft K, upon which is a roller L, thesame carrying the endless belt M, which passes around the roller N, thelatter being supported 011 a standard P.

Q designates brackets mounted on the housing A, which act as journalsfor the roller .13, to which is secured the apron S, and be ing providedwith the crank-handle T.

U designates a roller suitably mounted at a point substantially in linewith the space between said shaft J and K.

The casing'A is provided with an opening V to admit the passage of thecarpet, and 5 an opening lVin the flooring A is also made to allow thecarpet to pass therethrough.

B designates an exhaust-fan situated in an opening in the casing A,which is adapted to conduct the dust and dirt to a desired point.

An opening 0 is also provided in the easing to allow the passage of theapron S and the carpet D The beaters may be made of a flexible rodwhich, if desired, may be covered by a rubber tube E (Seen in Fig. 3,dotted lines.)

The operation is as follows: The apron S is first unwound from theroller R and is brought through the opening 0 in the casing and thenbetween the shafts J and K and thus between the heaters U and V and isthen carried beneath the roller U. The carpet D is passed through theopening V in the casing and is stitched or otherwise secured to theapron S, which can now be rewound upon the roller R by operating thecrank T until the carpet is between the heaters U and V. The shaft 0 isnow operated by placing a belt on the fixed pulley F. As-the shaft 0revolves it carries with it the cams G and H. The said cam G contactswith the cam P, which is secured to the shaft K, and causes the same torevolve, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, and with it the gear Q,which, meshing with the gear R of the shaft J, causes the same torevolve in the opposite direction, or as indicated by the arrow in Fig.2, so that the beaters U and V will be moved in the directions indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 2- that is, opposite to each other-and after thecam G has passed the cam P the shafts will return to their formerposition by means of the torsional springs W,thus causing said beatersto strike the carpet and remove the dust and dirt. The cam H ismeanwhileengaged with the lever O, which will be moved in the directionindicated by the arrow in Fig.2, and will cause the rod D to move anddraw with it the ratchet F, which is mounted upon the shaft K, and causethe same to revolve and with it the pulley in the direction indicated bythe arrow, it being noticed that the spring J returns the rod D to itsformer position after the cam H has passed the lever C. When the carpetD has reached a sufficient height, the same is removed from the apron Sand is placed over the endless belt M and is engaged by said belt in anysuitable and convenient manner. As the roller L is causedtorevolve itmoves the apron M in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, andafter the carpet D has been engaged by said apron said carpet will becarried therewith, so that aftereach stroke of the heaters the carpetwill move a certain distance, whereby auintermittent movement isaccorded and the continuous beating upon the various parts is continued.The carpet D is caused to pass through the opening W in the flooring andis received upon the lower floor after the operation of beating has beenaccomplished, it being noticed that the fan B has-been meanwhile placedin operation and causes the dust and dirt to-pass'out andbe carried toany desired point.

In the drawings I have shown two sets of double beaters but it will ofcourse be understood that I may apply or use as many as may be required,this only increasing the size of the machine. I

If it should be found necessary in order to cause greater or less forceto the heaters, the collar A may be so adjusted upon the shafts J and Kas to give additional or less power to the springs W, and thus force theheaters against the carpet harder or easier, it thus being seen that thepower of the blows can be gaged, as is often essential when the carpetis well worn and hard blows might cause tearing of the same.

It will be readily seen that but one set of beaters may be employed, ifso desired.

I may desire to make further changes which may come within the scope ofmy invention, and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the exactconstruction as herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I' claim as new, and-desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a carpet-cleaning machine, a frame,

oscillating shafts having meshing gearing and provided with heaters, adriving-shaft operating said oscillating shafts, feeding-rollers,

and an endless belt with operating mechanism actuated by the rotation ofsaid driving-shaft.

2. In a machine for beating carpet, a frame, a power-shaft, camsthereon, a pair of shafts having gear meshing with each other, a cam onone of said shafts contacting with one of said cams on said power-shaft,a lever adapted to contact with the other cam on said powershaft andoperating means for moving the carpet and beaters on said shafts.

3. In a carpet-beating machine, a frame, a power-shaft, a cam thereon, aset of shafts adapted to revolve in opposite directions,

gears on said shafts meshing with each other, a cam on one of saidshafts adapted to contact with a cam on said power-shaft and a set ofbeaters mounted on each of said shafts, and carried thereby, wherebythey Will operate oppositely to each other.

4. In a carpet-beating machine, a frame, a power-shaft, a cam thereon, aset of shafts adapted to operate in opposite directions, gears on saidshafts meshing with each other, a cam on one of said shafts adapted tocontact with a cam on said power-shaft, a set of beaters mounted on eachof said shafts and carried thereby, and adjustable springs connectedwith said shafts and adapted to return the same to position.

5. In a carpet beating machine, a frame, shafts journaled in said frame,beaters carried by said shafts, gears meshing with each other andmounted on said shafts, a cam on one of said shafts, a power-shaft, acam on said power-shaft adapted to connect with the cam. on theshaft-carrying heaters, and an the cam on the shaft-carrying heaters, anend- ID less belt for moving a carpet between sald heaters, and anintermittently-0perated mechanism for moving said belt.

FRANCIS H. GOOD.

Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM.

